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Spatial and temporal variation in the carbon and oxygen stable isotope ratio of respired CO2 in a boreal forest ecosystem* Cover

Spatial and temporal variation in the carbon and oxygen stable isotope ratio of respired CO2 in a boreal forest ecosystem*

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|Jan 1999

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Language: English
Page range: 367 - 384
Submitted on: Dec 12, 1997
Accepted on: Sep 3, 1998
Published on: Jan 1, 1999
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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